From A Softhearted Hardhead... Thoughts, Feelings, Oddities, and The World The Way I See it
Sunday, October 28, 2007
I Had No Idea!
Etymology lesson...Sort of. Do you know the historic origin of the word boycott? I had no idea. Last Thursday in my Irish History 313 class we read an article my a prominent Irish historian about the Land Question in Ireland. Out of the blue...or shall I say out of the green Isle of Erin the case of Boycott arose. Lord Boycott was the landlord of a piece of land in Ireland. Boycott expelled the tenant he rented this land to in order to plant large plots of Corn...the UK type'. The Irish tenants rose against Boycott...refusing to allow his villainy go unpunished. The Army and the Peelers had to be called in to save Boycott's crops and life. Yet, it was unsuccessful. Boycott took such losses that he gave up and returned to Britain. Therefore when we use the word boycott...praise Erin. We can also praise Erin for Oscar Wilde, Celtic Music, Shamrocks, beautiful mythology and St. Patrick's day...especially green beer!
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I can definitely say I've learned something new today. WOW, I never knew that. Thanx for sharing.
Praise Erin for Irish Whisky and leprechauns and The Waterboys and Irish coffee and Yeats and Joyce and on and on (I'm Irish, can you tell?)
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